Improvement in hair-cutters



, UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

IMPROVEMENT IN HAIR-GUTTERS.v

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 98,256, dated December28, 186th To all III/b01711 it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ,Gnoncn A. HARLEY, of New York city, in the countyand State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement inHair-Cutters; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilledin the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification. Figure 1 is aside view of my improved instrument, part being broken away to show theconstruction. Fig. '2 is a detail cross-sec tion of the same, takenthrough the line 00 m, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to improve the construction of myimproved hair-cutter, patented September 14, 1869, and numbered 94,820,so as to make it more convenient in use by adapting the slotted combto'be used with an ordinary razor-blade; and it consists in theprovision of clamps, by means of which the razor-blade is adjust-ablysecured to the slotted comb,

-scribed.

A represents the blade, which may be a blade prepared expressly for usewith the slotas hereinafter more fully dcused, and which are so formedas to fit upon the back or upper edgeof the slotted comb B.

One end or arm of the clamps O has a pin, Y

hole in the other end or arm of the clamp G,

so that its forward end may rest upon the upper edge or back of theslotted comb B, so

that'by turning the said screws I) forward the comb B may be pressedclosely upon the blade A, holding it securely in place.- The undersidesof the clamps G are notched, as shown in Fig. 2', so that by looseningthe set-screws the blade A may be adjusted to cut the hair closer orlonger, as may be desired. This construction also enables blades A ofdiffer ent breadths to be used with the same slotted comb, B, the clampsG D holding said blade securely in place. Thisconstruction also enablesthe blade of 'an ordinary razor to be used with the same facility as ablade made expressly for the instrument.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The clamps O D, in combination with the slot-ted combB, for the purpose of adjustably securing a blade, A, in the slot of thesaid comb B, substantiallyas herein shown and described.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 29th day ofSeptember, 1869. GEORGE A. HARLEY.

Witnesses:

GEo. W. MABEE, Juries T. GRAHAM;

